Food Safety & Recalls: FDA-linked alerts kept shoppers on edge as Cyclospora fears spread and officials tied the outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce before retracting a positive test, while Amy’s Kitchen recalled Organic Lentil Soup (27 states) over a can pull-tab issue and Unique Pharmaceutical recalled cetirizine tablets after possible cross-contamination with ranitidine. Consumer Costs: USDA expects food-at-home prices to rise about 2.7% this year, with grocery affordability still strained after the biggest jump in decades. Health Coverage: Medicare’s GLP-1 Bridge Program starts July 1, 2026, expanding access for weight-loss prescriptions through Dec. 31, 2027. Tech & Outages: OpenAI services (ChatGPT, APIs, Codex) went down worldwide again, hitting users and developers. AI in Daily Life: ChatGPT’s “Finances” feature can analyze connected account data to explain spending and subscriptions, with limits on what it can do. Energy & Infrastructure: A new push to protect consumers from data-center-driven utility hikes faces skepticism, as mini home data centers and the broader electricity demand debate heat up. Antitrust & Platforms: China fined Trip.com for abusing dominance in online travel, ordering refunds and large penalties. Retail/Payments: DoorDash changed how it calculates fees, and AT&T raised prices again for certain retired unlimited plans.